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Tending

“Or maybe you are stuck staring at the sun, a gap / in the clouds, a yolk poked and spreading in the sky.”

by Serena Alagappan on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Summer Survival Guide

“If you have ever had a mango, / Have another / And another.”

by Faith Emba on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

The Man in My Oven

“maybe he is going to march / across our room and pull the / pins out of my heart”

by Hailey Colborn on July 31, 2019July 31, 2019

Joy

She shrivels in a spotlight or a gaze, / shy in all her glory, / scared off by expectation.

by Juju Lane on April 21, 2019April 21, 2019

Theresa

Woman, I love you.

by Faith Emba on March 31, 2019

To My Children, Dear and Loving

“If ever two were one, then I’m a tree that never gleans / ancient wisdom from fresh dirt’s acetylene.”

by Sarah Hirschfield on March 31, 2019

Dushi Kòrsou (Sweet Curaçao)

“Sand flew as troupials in the far / field / While the bells of the time had not / spoken”

by Daniel Bracho on March 10, 2019March 9, 2019

New York

“We fall in love with the / strangers we pass / because they are whoever / we want them to be.”

by Hailey Colborn on February 24, 2019February 26, 2019

The Smell of Salt

“We rolled the shoes / over like small, still bodies.”

by Serena Alagappan on February 17, 2019February 17, 2019

Resonance

“Warped, I see not, but glass splashes yester;/Time slows. Gasping, from what nous hang I now?”

by Michael Milam on December 2, 2018December 4, 2018

Vigil

“I watch what hovers like genie smoke – the grief –/near ancient tombs of white marble with grey veins,/or gravestones on a desert hill,/images that filter vaguely out of the words we use to mourn./Are you awake?”

by Tess Solomon on November 17, 2018November 17, 2018

Only Noise

“Small items, their lightness measured by just how many/you can lose and not notice. Imagine if we tucked/all the stinging things to our chests and rocked them quiet.”

by Serena Alagappan on November 11, 2018December 11, 2018


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